DotF: Romine’s big day helps Scranton win

Chad Jennings had a ton of great minor league stuff today, so make sure you check it out (part one, part two). Here’s the important injury updates:

RHP Andrew Bailey (shoulder) is throwing but not off a mound just yet. “He’s a ways away,” said VP of Baseball Ops Mark Newman. “But we’re going to keep working at it because obviously he could be a big factor for us.”

LHP Manny Banuelos (elbow) will gradually be stretched all the way out and throw regular, full starts. He’s working three innings at a time now. The Yankees have him on an innings limit and want to have as many available as possible in case he becomes a factor at the big league level later in the season.

Severino has jumped Depaula as the pitcher with the highest cealing in the organization .

RetroRob

Banuelos.

Jorge Steinbrenner

Tanaka. ;)

RetroRob

Ron and Rob stand corrected!

CS Yankee

What’s a cealing?

…and i doubt that Tanaka has one.

Yankee$

Judge better heat up or he’ll wind up on the bench.
Ba dump bump.

Gish

I object.

http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ ALZ

Yes, getting on base 2/5 times simply doesn’t cut it.

Johnny5

So what you’re saying is that it is ok to have a .400 OPS so long as it is entirely OBP?

YankeePankee

Hi all.
Can someone fill in the blanks below for me?
Thanks.

Thinking about the Scranton rotation, say sometime in June…..

Whitley
Greene
Banuelos
Nuding
De La Cruz

No bad. All farm guys. No old retreads.
Can everyone tell me what each has as best pitches, what velocity do they top out at, etc.?
How do they project? Is Banuelos the only potential No. 1? Greene a No. 2?

Yankee$

It’s not you. I think that’s 3 Catcher’s Interferenci in like, uh, 4 games no? Are they trying to get him to position himself differently and he hasn’t quite figured it out yet?

Yankee$

Geez I hope Hensley can get a full short season in.

http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ ALZ

was the nature of that pick. If he works out though he could be a real front line starter.

Robert

Congrats to Pete OBrien! Good luck in Trenton!!

Wolfgang’s Fault

He’s gonna need to pack his outfield mitt. Maybe O’Brien gets 2-3 games a week behind the plate & they d/h Sanchez during those games to keep him fresh? Maybe Sanchez get a promotion sooner than I expected? Whatever they do, what happens to Sanchez impacts all the other catchers except McCann, so all sorts of possibilities throughout the system.

Just found out Roller promoted to Scranton so maybe O’Brien and Sanchez platoon at 1b & C. The plot thickens.

Martín

Where’s De Paula?

RetroRob

Envisioning a power bullpen heading into the postseason with Ramirez, Banuelos, Betances and Montgomery supporting D-Rob.

Wolfgang’s Fault

I think Warren’s staked a claim, & so far, he’s shown he belongs somewhere in that group. Gotta have him somewhere.

RetroRob

Yup. Wasn’t meant to be all inclusive, just a look at how the pen might change to even more power/strikeout guys as the season progresses. Thornton as the lefty will be there, too, and at least one long man, be in Phelps or Nuno, depending on which one keeps his starting job when Pineda returns, with the other heading back to the pen.

Yet that’s eight relievers, and that’s not including Kelley, so so one or two won’t make it. I haven’t even considered what happens if Aceves pitches well.

It’s good to have many options. I just like the idea of all those arms who can strikeout batters available during the postseason.

Jorge Steinbrenner

What would the motivation to try Flores at first be? I don’t see it.

Travis Lincoln

He has played there before, Im thinking he is Tex insurance and it also makes him more versatile.

Andy in Sunny Daytona

To make good use of a 40-man spot. The more positions guys on the farm can play, the better

It doesn’t appear Flores will be getting too much time at first. Josh Norris just tweeted that Kyle Roller has been promoted to Scranton to make room for O’Brien at Trenton.

Wolfgang’s Fault

Yup, Flores back to the outfield, and Roller and Canzler platoon or fight it out for a/b’s. A lot of pieces throughout the system that could be packaged if the right player(s) &/or deal turned up. If so, hope they can find some quality young starting power arm or two, and maybe a young quality corner outfielder who can pick it & has hitting tools w/some power from the right side. Maybe the corner outfielder is already in the system in Austin or out-of-the-box Segedin? Both probably not ready yet, but hey, you never know. Maybe a guy like Adonis Garcia or Zelous Wheeler slots into the left-field corner spot if the need arises for an extra right-handed bat? Lots of possibilities.

Cheval Anonyme

Flores is a left-handed fielder.

Kenny

When does it become possible, statistically speaking, to begin worrying about Mason Williams as a hitter? I know it’s only been about 50 or so games with Trenton over the past couple of years, but, man, are those B.A. and O.B.P. numbers low.

Slugger27

its already possible, the dude has sucked for like 800 ABs now.

Cool Lester Smooth

Last year’s All Star Break.

qwerty

Williams is probably just bored.

SD Charlie

In my opinion, it’s fantastic to see all these guys off to hot starts. It’s a great problem to have. Unfortunately, we’ll probably see these kids make the show on another team. I’m probably in the minority, but I was really bummed about the McCann signing. I know it’s all a gamble, but if there was one position that the farm was producing, it was Catcher. I would’ve been totally happy with Cervelli and one of Romine / Murphy to start the season, while continuing to develop Sanchez as the next big thing. Now, Catcher is blocked and we’re saddled with McCann’s contract. Again, just my opinion.